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Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with the Anti-Corruption General Directorate within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania, with support of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) is organizing a Regional Workshop on Integrity and Professional Standards in Law Enforcement, […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI) held a Training on Corruption Proofing of Legislation in Pristina, Kosovo* on 11 December 2017. The Training was organized in cooperation with the UNDP Kosovo* and the Kosovo* Anti-Corruption Agency (KACA) under the auspice of the Regional Programme on Strengthening the Capacity of Anti-corruption Authorities and Civil Society to Combat Corruption […]

More than 10,000 people Sunday braved biting cold to stage protests across Romania to denounce the left-wing government for backtracking on efforts to fight corruption. The demonstrators want the withdrawal of proposed legislation that would overhaul Romania’s justice system and reduce the powers of the respected anti-corruption directorate, the DNA. Critics say the changes would […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), in cooperation with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Anti-Corruption Network of OECD, is organizing a regional conference on “Corruption-Free Cities of the Future”, on 7 – 8 December 2017, in Tirana, Albania, which is hosted by the Government of Albania. RAI is represented by Chairperson, Mr Davor Dubravica and Head of Secretariat, Mr […]

The Deputy General Director of the National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA), Vsevolod Stamati, has been detained today, December 6, for passive corruption. He asked several businessmen to supply him foodstuffs to avoid interfering in their activities. According to the prosecutors, in September 2016, he requested from several businessmen wine, meat, sausages and other foodstuffs […]

Former Romanian interior minister Cristian David was sentenced to five years in prison, no parole, for influence peddling. The magistrates also decided that the state should confiscate EUR 500,000 from the former minister. The High Court’s decision is not final, according to Digi24.ro. The anticorruption prosecutors sent Cristian David to court in July 2015. They charged him […]

Over the past few days, members of the Interior Ministry (MUP) arrested 56 suspects in separate raids aimed at combating financial crime and corruption. The MUP announced this on Monday. Those arrested are suspected of committing various corruption crimes from 2008 to date, in particular crimes related to abuse of official position in state bodies. […]

Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI) in cooperation with Center for business studies (CEPS) and Agency for prevention of corruption and coordination of the fight against corruption (APIK) organized a roundtable on “Application of special investigative actions in investigations of corruption offenses – good practices and established challenges” on 7 December 2017, in Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina. […]

Scandal in the Sângera town in Chisinau, where the second round of repeated local elections is organized. At one of the sections, a man would have tried to buy the villagers’ votes by 50 lei. This would have represented the interests of the PSRM candidate for the post of mayor. The police were called to […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev on Tuesday over allegations he extorted a $2 million bribe from top oil producer Rosneft, a case that could expose fault lines in the Russian leader’s inner circle. Ulyukayev, a 60-year-old technocrat whose ministry oversees a politically-charged sale of state assets, is the highest-ranking Russian official […]